FENDER BROWNFACE CONCERT

FENDER BROWNFACE CONCERT

1959-1963

Configuration: Combo
Power: 40 Watts
Effects: Tremolo

SCHEMATICS

LAYOUT

  • Front Panel: "Normal" In, In, Bass, Treble, Volume - "Vibrato" In, In, Volume, Treble, Bass, Speed, Intensity - Presence, Pilot Light
  • Back Panel: Ground Switch, Fuse, Power Switch, Standby Switch, Speaker Jack, Vibrato Jack

CABINET 

SPEAKERS 

TUBES

  • Pre amp:
    • 7025
    • Tremolo: 2 x  7025 (6G12)
    • Tremolo: 2 x 7025 and ½ 12AX7 (6G12-A) (harmonic vibrato)
  • Power: 6G12: 2 x 6L6GC ; 6G12-A:2 x 5881
  • Bias: Fixed Bias, nonadjustable
  • Rectifier: Solid State
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21 comments

Yessir! I think those were companions to the 1964 blackface Super Reverbs, perhaps a little cheaper, sans reverb. I believe that my 1964 Super Reverb had a tag of $399; but I got it for $325, and but I still had to finance it. That was a LOT of money back in March or so of 1964 … However, that was a long time ago and the RAM ain’t what it used to be! So I could be wrong about all of it!

Tonetwister,

The concert also came in black tolex.

Jan Sjöström,

Both my 5G12 with the standard knob set up and 5G12 with the center volume 5G12 set up were built in 1959 and have the pulse caps over the “hole to nowhere” on the back of their respective chassis. And yes, many blackface combos do have plywood baffle boards, but many don’t–I’ll personally take the shake rattle & roll of the plywood over the consistency of the particle board, but, to each his own brother.

Ottomatic Slim,

Great story!! I started guitar life playing through my older brother’s 1960 PRO, in 1961. The second and third amps I ever played through were both Concerts, perhaps in 1962 and 1963. I remember getting a huge backache (I mean, AWFUL) carrying one of them in and out of a play job. I was too young to appreciate the tonal quality of those three amps, at the time. I certainly do, NOW! Oddly, all I have ever owned, myself, are blackface Fenders, including the new 1964 Super Reverb which I still have. And by the way, blackface Fender amps and perhaps ’68 and ’69’s, have plywood baffle boards. And there is actually something good to consider about particle board baffle boards (and stereo system cabinets), in that they have a ZERO resonant frequency; so less possibility of unwanted freqs showing up in your guitar sound. And I agree about bagging one of those early ’60s Concerts … Have wanted a brown for YEARS — just hard to scrape up the cash, what with kids and such, and now retired. But I’m WORKING ON IT!!

Tonetwister,

I happened upon a very early 1960 Concert a few years ago (January 1960). Center Volume, 5G12. Jensen P10Rs dated from late ’59. And also has the “45249” output transformer. Of course it sounds spectacular. But I only use it at home. It’s way too heavy for me to take out to gigs.

Hector Barrera,

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